diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/ctestfw/ctest.c b/icu4c/source/tools/ctestfw/ctest.c
index 50d06a52d0..4fb0dd1362 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/ctestfw/ctest.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/ctestfw/ctest.c
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ static void iterateTestsWithLevel( const TestNode *root, int len,
 static void help ( const char *argv0 );
 
 static int ERRONEOUS_FUNCTION_COUNT = 0;
-extern int ERROR_COUNT = 0;
+ int ERROR_COUNT = 0;
 static int INDENT_LEVEL = 0;
-extern int VERBOSITY = 0; /* be No-verbose by default */ /* static removed by weiv to repair build */
-extern int ERR_MSG =1; /*error messages will be displayed by default*/
+ int VERBOSITY = 0; /* be No-verbose by default */
+ int ERR_MSG =1; /*error messages will be displayed by default*/
 /*-------------------------------------------*/
 
 /* strncmp that also makes sure there's a \0 at s2[0] */